After 8,000 cholera deaths, Haiti faces new epidemic
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) May 28, 2014 - Hard-hit by a cholera epidemic that started in 2010, Haiti now faces a new threat in the expanding chikungunya virus, authorities said Wednesday. "We have had 8,561 deaths from cholera since its reappearance in Haiti in 2010, while 702,892 cases have been confirmed," said Health Minister Florence Duperval. Now, the chikungunya virus that has been spreading in the Caribbean has emerged as ... more

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